Links

Reporting research

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication
http://www.icmje.org/

CONSORT Statement
http://www.consort-statement.org/

ORION Statement
http://www.bsac.org.uk/_db/_documents/ORION_Checklist.doc

STARD Statement
http://www.stard-statement.org/

STRICTA
http://www.stricta.info/journals.htm

STROBE Statement
http://www.strobe-statement.org/

TREND Statement
http://www.cdc.gov/trendstatement/

RedHot Homeopathy Checklist
http://www.redhot-homeopathy.info

Good publication practice for pharmaceutical companies
http://www.gpp-guidelines.org

The PRIMER Collaboration
http://www.primercollaboration.com/Tools/tools.html

Practihc – Pragmatic Randomized Trials in Healthcare
http://www.practihc.org/

Trial bank project
http://rctbank.ucsf.edu/

MIBBI – Minimum Information for Biological and Biomedical Investigations
http://www.mibbi.org/index.php/Main_Page

StaR Child Health (International Forum of Standards for Research with Children)
http://www.ifsrc.org/


Research methodology and statistics

Statistics resources (Bruce Weaver)
http://www.angelfire.com/wv/bwhomedir/stats.html

RD Direct - Research Flowchart
http://www.rdinfo.org.uk/flowchart/Flowchart.html

Survey and Questionnaire Design Resources
http://www.statpac.com/surveys/

Tom Lang. Twenty Statistical Errors Even YOU can Find in Biomedical Research Articles. Croatian Medical Journal. 45(4):361-370,2004


Editorial organisations and guidelines

ICMJE – International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication
http://www.icmje.org/

WAME – World Association of Medical Editors
http://www.wame.org/

COPE – Committee on Publication Ethics
http://www.publicationethics.org.uk/guidelines

FAME editorial guidelines (Forum for African Medical Editors)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2004/TDR_RCS_FAME_04.2.pdf

CSE - Council of Science Editors
http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/

EASE – European Association of Science Editors
http://www.ease.org.uk/

International Academy of Nursing Editors
http://www.inane.vcu.edu/


Professional organisations and associations

ALPSP - The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/

AuthorAID - supporting developing-country researchers in publishing their work
http://www.authoraid.info/

International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
http://www.inasp.info/file/55/homepage.html

International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP)
http://www.ismpp.org/

STM - International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers
http://www.stm-assoc.org/home/

Society for Scholarly Publishing
http://www.sspnet.org/home.aspx

SPARC – The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition
http://www.arl.org/sparc/


Copyright information

UK Copyright Service
http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk

US Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/

Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/


Research integrity and ethics

Office of Research Integrity (US)
http://ori.dhhs.gov/

UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO)
http://www.ukrio.org/sites/ukrio2//home/index.cfm

WAME ethics resources
http://www.wame.org/resources/wame-ethics-resources

Department for Business, Universal ethical code for scientists ( UK )
http://tinyurl.com/3dvyeu

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC, 2006):
Principles for Protecting Integrity in the Conduct and Reporting Of Clinical Trials
http://www.aamc.org/research/clinicaltrialsreporting/clinicaltrialsreporting.pdf

CODEX - rules and guidelines for research (online access to codes, laws, regulations, rules and guidelines).


Other useful links

Cochrane Collaboration
http://cochrane.org

James Lind Library - helping to understand fair tests of treatments in health care
http://www.jameslindlibrary.org

Guide to Online Collaboration (developed by Cochrane Collaboration)
http://cochrane.org/resources/guide_to_online_collaboration.htm

MORE – McMaster Online Rating of Evidence
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/More/AboutMore.htm

Instructions to Authors (Mulford Library, University of Toledo )
http://mulford.meduohio.edu/instr/

Intute. Resources for education and research.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/

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